Valmadrera (LC), località Corno di Birone, Cornello Alto. Rilievo di strutture insediative. Relazione preliminare

Abstract

Early medieval settlement in Corno di Birone, Cornello Alto (Valmadrera – LC), has been found in survey activities, in Ancient Topography Project “Geografia della Difesa” of the University of Milan.Cleaning and reliefing survivor structures, have been evidenced four rooms on a natural terrace to 600 m slm, two of which partially dug in the cliff, and some terrace-works for regularization of natural geomorphology. In absence of archaeological diggings, the dating of the site to early medieval age it’s proposed on the strait relationship with close site of Monte Barro, and looking to its probable function of road control.